Share this:

I actually watched movies recently. Including The Lego Movie, which I had somehow missed for months. My god, why didn’t anyone tell me that a film could cause such a pure, electronic sense of joy? I am giddy with love. Especially for Unikitty, who should bleed rainbow sparkles. In commemoration of this incredible revelation, I’m including this absurd short video entitled ‘The Pasta Don’ at the bottom of the page. Yes, it’s related to that despicable, rice-eating pink alpaca from last week. (This may or may not have an attempt to convince a good friend of their vocal talents.) Enjoy the fluff-driven insanity, folks.

Papers, Please$4.99/£3.49/€4.49
Buy Papers, Please, please. If you haven’t already, although I can’t imagine why you would have skipped out on at least owning it. There’s a reason as to why Lucas Pope’s magnum opus has collated so many awards over the past few months. It is excellent in that soul-searing way that so many critics have demanded video games to be. Just make sure to have plenty of comfort food ready.

Risen Franchise $8.00/£4.77/€8.00
On a scale of one to 10, the Risen series appears to have gotten a shrug and a half from the editorial overlords. Risen 2, for example, was bashed over the upside of its head by Alec Meer who, in spite of the game’s flaws, wasn’t about to call it the worst thing since cronuts. It had things to love, but also much to be extremely vexed about. Its predecessor received similar treatment, as you can see from this collection of thoughtful links. My advice is to plow through all of these write-ups before you take a stab at the game franchise. Unless you have some spare cash you’re willing to chuck at GamersGate. (The franchise pack does not seem to exist in the UK store? At least, according to my computer. You know what to do, Hola users.)

TopWare RPG Collection$5.99/£3.57/€4.47
Yes, we’re talking about RPGs from that other ‘Ware company. Two Worlds II, in spite of its clunky name, is probably the highlight of this bundle. People adored it, enthusing over its elaborate crafting system and attitude towards magic. But, the rest of it? Eh. I don’t know. Enclave was reputedly middling, Gorky was apparently “okay” at best, KnightShift was disliked, and Septerra Core is certainly showing the gray in its hair. Still, it’s a cheap package for anyone looking to further pad out that backlog.

StarForge$4.99/£3.74/€4.74
Sci-fi sandbox StarForge is apparently suffering from a multitude of Early Access-related issues, including finicky servers and a limited amount of content. It may, however, be worth the diversion given its current price point. It also may not. Who knows? To be honest, the real reason I’m bringing StarForge to your attention is because, unless something changed in the last few months, it uses at least part of the Voxel Farm engine and I really, really want you to get to know Voxel Farm. Which is as cool as a blizzard, but has been largely ignored by the general public. Marvel at it, and maybe Michael will extend his engine to include anatomically correct voxel beasts.

Summer Shorts BundlePay more than $9.11/£5.43/€6.79
Oh, a new FilmBundle! I wish I could tell you for certain of any of these are good, but I can’t. That thing called “free time?” Doesn’t exist for me anymore. Nope. But, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Because I have you, Bucketeers, to sieve through the chaff to find the – er, I’m derailing myself. Anyway, the latest FilmBundle certainly does seem interesting. It is curated by NewFilmMakers LA, and most of the chosen titles are branded with awards and nominations. Give it a whirl, if you need a different sort of time killer.

Also of note:

The Far Out Bundle – Beat $11.48/£6.84/€8.56 for everything
Help. What is this? I don’t know what I’m looking at, anymore. Why is there a graphic novel that reminds me of cactus? What is this tale about Scottish pigeons? How does Dustforce even fit into this madness? Weird, I think, is a good word to describe this descent into media madness. Or far out. Far out may be better. I really can’t decide if I like it, but the Far Out Bundle will offer the opportunity to spread your horizons.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – $4.18/£2.49/€3.11
Ah, immersiveness. Thy name is Skyrim. Who among us have not been lulled into an existential trance by its gorgeous environments, tricked out with user mods and even more beautiful than even the untamed Scandinavian wilderness? You haven’t?! Well, then. This needs to be corrected. It just so happens that Game is selling Skyrim for rather cheap. On the off-chance you’ve been patiently waiting for this game to go for rather cheap, this may be a good time to snag it.

GreenManGaming’s 50 Games You Must Play Before You Die
You regularly check in on what Green Man Gaming has to offer, right? If you don’t already religiously visit the site, it might be an awesome idea to start now. At least, for a while. Green Man Gaming is doing a rather awesome countdown and sweetening the deal by providing discounts galore.

81 Comments

I thought it was ok, I liked the ending twist with real actors.
The message was a bit cheesy, but at the same time I could relate to it on a deeper level than I should i.e. I’m the kind of person who never used stickers on her “guitar hero” guitars, because, “what if I change my mind?” I’m not quite good at “just playing”, and let myself be carried by my own imagination/spur-of-the-moment

I have never played a tabletop RPG but I have always wanted to! The only person I know who would be interested in playing one is my wife, and as far as I know it can’t quite be done with only two people. Such a shame as that does seem a great price.

The BoH Scion deal is definitely worth it for that price. I haven’t read it yet (DriveThruRPG, who are providing the downloads, got -hammered- when the bundle went live) but I’m told that while it’s pretty great in terms of setting and lore, the game mechanics are, at best, a bit broken. However with a bit of work you could easily keep the fluff and use, say, FATE for the rules side.

Nice deal on Skyrim, but is there anywhere you can get the DLC for similar sort of prices? I’ve recently started playing Skyrim, which I have never really had a chance to get into, but would like to have the full experience (as whether as be able to download all those mods that require the expansions.) The price of them, even in Steam sales, has always put me off though. I would definitely get them if they were a couple of pounds each.

That seems to be a theme lately, no Goatee editions with everything included and DLC packs much more expensive and less discount than the full game, that kind of thing has been preventing me from picking Sleeping Dogs up for more than a year, the dlc pack costs 3 times what the full game costs

“(as whether as be able to download all those mods that require the expansions.)”
Erm… there aren’t that many mods which solely work with expansions, but not the main game. Source? I myself did all the modding on vanilla few weeks ago. I bought the vanilla during the summer sale, played for an hour just to remember the feeling and then started shoving mods mercilessly onto it.
Only mods I found which won’t work without DLCs are some extremely rare ones (in the big picture of mods) which modify or add crossbows. But that’s the only instance.
What does work? :deep breath: weather mods, convenient horses*, enhanced followers, HD texture packs*, UI enhancement*, immersive animations, no spinning death animation*, ragdoll enhancements*, various additional music*, sounds of Skyrim*, location damage overhaul, HD world map, volumetric fog*, unique grasses*, bloody facials reblooded*, skill uncapper*, faster mining*, ultimate HD fire effects*, smoking torches*, realistic lightning*, a matter of time* (an on-key clock), static meshes improvement, autosaver, and many additional content mods, like additional weapons, armors, spells, bows, and Falskaar, as the whole additional land.
* depicts mods I consider must-have.

I kinda stopped going into GreenManGamming since they did the whole PlayFire thing, they only very rarely have more than 25% discounts anymore since they are banking on that horrible achievement based bonus money system

Heck, games like Murdered are still at release price (50usd, ive seen it at 15!), Titanfall is 60usd even Origin has it much cheaper than that, and when Origin beats your deals you are in trouble

Their discounts have tended to be on the laughable end of things lately. It’s clear that before they overhauled their rewards system they were losing money to such a degree that they put caveats into their voucher codes such as a minimum spending price or “only applies to specific small set of titles” + no ability to use credit mined through reward hoarding (and so on). Normally I would’ve been looking to them to do a lot of my purchasing for things I’d hoped to get at a good price but have found they’re getting to the same point Steam has hit (at least when it isn’t running some specialized sale).

I really liked Book of Legends from that bundle – my favorite RPG Maker JRPG so far. Of the other’s I’ve played, 99 Spirits is pretty good, and Ballpoint Universe is a nice shmup/platformer with a unique art style.

link to groupees.com is another groupees bundle active right now, only $1 for the whole thing, and contains Bik which has been reviewed on RPS: link to rockpapershotgun.com. Also has the old DOS games MegaRace and Megarace 2, though unfortunately without GOG keys.

My big problem with Papers, Please is that I have no problem denying people who’s papers are not in order no matter how nice they seem, and I’ll let anyone through with correct paperwork no matter how bad I’m told they are. It’s a bit dull if you just do your job properly.

On the flip side of much the same coin, if you don’t give the slightest thought to the survival of your avatar and your adopted fictionfamily because you are an idealist in the Ahab vein of I TURN MY BODY AWAY FROM THE SUN (the man really had an allcaps problem) you see all paths anywhere and that they all lead to much the same sundown and you kind of leave Papers Please without having completed the intended narrative.

And if you are really lucky, you might even get to register and play them on Steam.

A few hours of web API being down last night (which prevents redeeming Humble keys on Steam). Several US and UK servers down for the last day. Today the SteamDB client is down, and several US and UK servers are down. Can’t connect to Steam. Can’t even mention it on the forums, because the Steam forums aren’t working for the unlucky either.

Yeah, I’m just grumpy that Steam is ****ed yet again. Kind of funny how much hate EA gets with Origin and Ubisoft gets with Uplay, when it feels like Steam is down more often than both of those services combined.

Hmm. No mention of The Binding of Isaac (with the expansion) on the Humble Store for $1.99 for the next 22 hours. Of course, since that happened like 6 hours after the article was posted, it’s to be expected. :)

Ahh, Slitherine. Never attribute to random mistakes what can be attributed to a pure burning hatred against Steam and its users. Hyperbole, of course. I think they’re just a bit excentric when it comes to selling their games. Perhaps a bit too much. I remember download insurances and pricetags without VAT.
In the case of that game I’m wondering if it isn’t the usual Mobile->PC Port “Tax”. A lot of mobile ports do that, instead of doing individual IAP, they put it all in but ask a higher price since PC is used to higher prices.

I’ve just been pointed out that the lower price is for the iPad version. As the page Google led me to listed PC as a platform (I checked before posting), I’d never have guessed. I’m also told the PC version includes the expansions, and the iPad version doesn’t.